rainwater
rainwater
Definition
rain·water (-wôt′ər, -wät′-)
noun
water that is falling or has fallen as rain, and is soft, containing relatively little soluble mineral matter
rainwater
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- collect: Don't connect waste pipes to drains which collect rainwater from your roof or paths.
- recycle: Water butts are used to recycle rainwater for the garden.
- prefer: People prefer rainwater to other water due to its taste.
- store: Moreover, households with stored rainwater were found to utilize a range of water use strategies which varied over time.
- capture: The empty planter has a reservoir to capture rainwater in the base, gel crystals are added along with the compost.
- catch: The circular ditch would have caught rainwater running off the thatched roof.
Adjective modifier
- collect: Collect rainwater in a water butt to water the garden, rather than using clean tap water.
Modifies a noun
- harvesting: A rainwater harvesting system to provide toilet flushing for a 3 or 4 bedroom house is likely to cost at least £ 2,000.
- run-off: The improvements will help to reduce rainwater run-off from the road, which often causes nearby houses to flood.
- downpipe: Everyone should be collecting rainwater in a water butt, fixed to every rainwater downpipe attached to your property.
- catchment: Contact details of all members The members of IRCSA form a large body of knowledge on rainwater catchment in all its forms.
- gutter: With the single 100mm internal diameter rainwater drain pipe a 150mm internal diameter rainwater gutter would be needed.
- butt: A locked gate at the front leads to a passage by the side of the house where there are two rainwater butts.
Noun used with modifier
- harvesting: The reviews said... Cut your bills by harvesting rainwater.
- harvest: The garden also harvests rainwater, which is used for flushing the building's toilets.
- iron: Cast iron rainwater goods were normally painted black, or a dark color.
- cast: Cast iron rainwater goods were normally painted black, or a dark color.
Preposition: in
- butt: Save rainwater in garden butts to water your plants.
Preposition: from
- roof: A cleaner source is to use rainwater from the roofs of buildings.
Preposition: for
- garden: Water butts are used to recycle rainwater for the garden.
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